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New visions of the world we thought we knew.

Why Defending Human Rights Is Women’s Workhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/why-defending-human-rights-is-womens-work-20170308
“It is important to celebrate these women who are building a more peaceful world that is open, just, and filled with love.”No publisherwomen2017-03-08T08:00:00ZArticleIn Photos: Real Men Do Cryhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/gender-justice/in-photos-real-men-do-cry-20160713
Emotions aren’t gender exclusive.No publisher2016-07-13T07:00:00ZArticleHumanizing Heroin Addiction: Photos of the Real Lives of Usershttp://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/humanizing-heroin-addiction-photos-of-the-real-lives-of-users-20160425
Can more balanced representations of drug users spark discussions on how to solve North America’s heroin epidemic?No publisher2016-04-25T07:00:00ZArticle8 Striking Portraits of People in the Path of Canada’s Mega Tar Sands Pipelinehttp://www.yesmagazine.org/climate-in-our-hands/photographer-robert-van-waarden-documents-pipeline-resistance
TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline would span thousands of miles, from rural Alberta to the Atlantic coast of New Brunswick. No publisherYTW Feature2015-04-09T18:00:00ZArticlePhoto Essay: From Field to Fork at an Ethical Farmhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/photo-essay-from-field-to-fork-ethical-farm
See how Heyday Farm raises healthy animals in an environmentally and economically sustainable way.No publisher2014-10-16T22:35:00ZArticlePhoto Essay: Indigenous Farmers Gather in the Andes to Plan for Climate Changehttp://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/photo-essay-indigenous-groups-prepare-for-climate-change
These photos document a gathering of indigenous groups from China, Bhutan, and Peru. They met in the spring to discuss climate change and plan a crop exchange program.No publishermore stories2014-08-18T19:10:00ZArticlePhoto Essay: Pete Seeger's Life on the Hudsonhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/photo-essay-pete-seeger-s-life-on-the-hudson
In December 2007, YES! editor-in-chief Sarah van Gelder interviewed Pete Seeger in his home in Beacon, New York. Seeger showed Sarah his family photo albums, his DIY solar-powered car, and, of course, a whole wall filled with banjos.No publisher2014-01-28T22:10:00ZArticlePhoto Essay: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Joins the Green Museum Movementhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/bainbridge-island-museum-of-art-opening
LEED certification is tricky for museums, which must carefully regulate temperature and humidity. That makes this brand new building in small-town Washington all the more remarkable.No publisher2013-12-06T08:00:00ZArticleThe City is Our Canvas: A Bay Area Tour, in Muralshttp://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/the-city-is-our-canvas
From the alleys of San Francisco to the streets of West Oakland, murals are cropping up throughout the Bay Area with themes as diverse as the artists who paint them.No publisher2012-10-24T17:50:10ZArticlePhoto Essay: Israelis and Palestinians Join Up to Rebuild Homeshttp://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/israelis-palestinians-join-rebuild-homes-taayush
Volunteers from both the Jewish and Arab sides of the conflict join forces to rebuild homes demolished by the Israeli government. No publisherphoto2012-10-18T20:35:00ZArticlePhoto Essay: Portraits of Americans at Workhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/who-are-the-99-portraits-of-americans-at-work
Photographer Caleb Ferguson goes cross-country to document the diversity of the American workforce.No publisher2012-10-12T19:05:00ZArticleLibyan People to Americans: “This Is Not the Behavior of Our Islam”http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/libyan-people-to-americans-this-is-not-the-behavior-of-our-islam
Photo Essay: Amid the noise of escalating violence, Benghazi citizens speak for themselves: “This does not represent us.”No publisher2012-09-13T07:00:00ZArticleYard Work Unplugged: Scything’s Quiet Comebackhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/yard-work-unplugged-scythings-quiet-comeback
Photo Essay: Cut the grass—and the noise—with this rare opportunity to see YES! staffers work up a sweat!No publisher2012-09-07T07:00:00ZArticlePhotos from YES! Magazine's 2nd Annual Celebration of People Powerhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/photo-essay-celebrating-people-power
On Wednesday, Alice Walker, Frances Moore Lappé, Makana, and Puanani Burgess joined hundreds of YES! readers in Seattle to celebrate our power to build the world we want. Here are a few photos from that incredible evening.No publisher2012-06-09T02:50:00ZArticleA Patchwork Guide to the (Disappearing) Neighborhoodhttp://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/a-patchwork-guide-to-the-disappearing-neighborhood
How have foreclosures transformed the layouts of Detroit, Las Vegas, and other cities? Artist Kathryn Clark’s mapped it—in quilts.No publisher2012-04-24T23:50:00ZArticle